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style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF --001a11c2e0bad18866051276b6b8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That's excellent, Keith! Great idea. I will put contacting Earth Organic on my list of things to do :) On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote: > I have been primary buying JustUs coffee for the last 6 years now but > Songbird SOS and the discussion here prompted to look into Bird Friendly > coffee. I wish our local JustUs carried Certified Bird Friendly coffee bu= t > they don=E2=80=99t as of yet so I decided look into others sources. Birds= & Beans > seems like the best choice for Canadians who want Certified Bird Friendly > coffee but shipping is prohibitive, especially when considering you can > only buy a bag at a time due to freshness. > > > > So I wrote Birds & Beans explaining our ongoing discussion and our dilemm= a > about not having any local source for Certified Bird Friendly coffee and > suggested Earth Organic would be a logical choice to carry their product. > David Pritchard from Birds & Beans said he would contact Earth Organic > about carrying their product and suggested it might help of potential > buyers for their BF coffee would also write Earth Organic. So if anyone > else would buy Certified BF coffee from Birds & Bean at Earth it would be > good to drop them a line: http://www.organicearthmarket.com/ > > > > Also Bird & Beans asked Robert Rice of the Smithsonian Conservation > Biology Institute to write me about Bird Friendly coffee and he gave me > permission to share his email below. > > > > Dear Keith, > > > > Madeleine Pengelley asked that I contact you about the Bird Friendly > coffees for which you have expressed interest. First of all, thank you fo= r > that. > > > > We created the BF criteria based on fieldwork conducted by our staff > scientists here at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. The work was do= ne > in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru over the course of several years, and > included thousands of data point observations. We feel they are the best > set of criteria for any coffee making the claim of being beneficial to > birds or other wildlife. > > > > There are a number of coffees with the term =E2=80=9Cshade-grown=E2=80=9D= or =E2=80=9Cshade > coffee=E2=80=9D on the packaging, but consumers rarely knows what that me= ans in > terms of viable habitat. Those are terms that get used for marketing > purposes often, and generally have no inspection or certification > (third-party or otherwise) associated with them. > > > > All BF coffee is certified organic as a pre-requisite and inspected for > the shade characteristics to determine whether or not the shade managemen= t > meets the strict BF standards. It is, in the words of some of the special= ty > coffee industry folks here in the US, the =E2=80=9Cgold standard=E2=80=9D= for shade. We > like that, obviously. Moreover, any coffee bag with the BF seal contains > 100% certified product =E2=80=94 not a requirement for some other certifi= cations, > which allow as little as 30% to be certified and still carry a seal of so= me > kind. We feel that product purity is an important aspect of any certified > coffee, especially any that claims some sort of environmental or habitat > benefit. > > > > Madeleine=E2=80=99s company (Birds and Beans) is one the few in Canada ca= rrying BF > coffee and they do a great job of roasting some high-quality coffees. > Kicking Horse has expressed interest in carrying some BF coffee, but has > not joined our program to date. > > > > Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. And thank you > again for your interest in Bird Friendly coffee. > > > > Regards, > > Robert > > > > > > Robert Rice > Migratory Bird Center > Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute > National Zoological Park > MRC 5503 Washington, DC 20013-7012 > ricer@si.edu > 202-633-4209 > --001a11c2e0bad18866051276b6b8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">That's excellent, Keith! Great idea. I will put contac= ting Earth Organic on my list of things to do :)<br></div><div class=3D"gma= il_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:00 PM, K= eith Lowe <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:mythos25@live.com" target= =3D"_blank">mythos25@live.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D= "gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding= -left:1ex"><div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-CA"><div><p class= =3D"MsoNormal">I have been primary buying JustUs coffee for the last 6 year= s now but Songbird SOS and the discussion here prompted to look into Bird F= riendly coffee. I wish our local JustUs carried Certified Bird Friendly cof= fee but they don=E2=80=99t as of yet so I decided look into others sources.= Birds & Beans seems like the best choice for Canadians who want Certif= ied Bird Friendly coffee but shipping is prohibitive, especially when consi= dering you can only buy a bag at a time due to freshness.<u></u><u></u></p>= <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">So I = wrote Birds & Beans explaining our ongoing discussion and our dilemma a= bout not having any local source for Certified Bird Friendly coffee and sug= gested Earth Organic would be a logical choice to carry their product. Davi= d Pritchard from Birds & Beans said he would contact Earth Organic abou= t carrying their product and suggested it might help of potential buyers fo= r their BF coffee would also write Earth Organic. So if anyone else would b= uy Certified BF coffee from Birds & Bean at Earth it would be good to d= rop them a line: <a href=3D"http://www.organicearthmarket.com/" target=3D"_= blank">http://www.organicearthmarket.com/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"= MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Also Bird & B= eans asked Robert Rice of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute to= write me about Bird Friendly coffee and he gave me permission to share his= email below.<u></u><u></u></p><div style=3D"border:none;border-bottom:soli= d windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"border:none;padding:0cm"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p></div><p class=3D"MsoN= ormal">Dear Keith,<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u>= </u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Madeleine Pengelley asked that I contact you= about the Bird Friendly coffees for which you have expressed interest. Fir= st of all, thank you for that.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2= =A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">We created the BF criteria base= d on fieldwork conducted by our staff scientists here at the Smithsonian Mi= gratory Bird Center. The work was done in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru over t= he course of several years, and included thousands of data point observatio= ns. We feel they are the best set of criteria for any coffee making the cla= im of being beneficial to birds or other wildlife.<u></u><u></u></p><p clas= s=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">There are a = number of coffees with the term =E2=80=9Cshade-grown=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cs= hade coffee=E2=80=9D on the packaging, but consumers rarely knows what that= means in terms of viable habitat. Those are terms that get used for market= ing purposes often, and generally have no inspection or certification (thir= d-party or otherwise) associated with them.=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">All BF coffee= is certified organic as a pre-requisite and inspected for the shade charac= teristics to determine whether or not the shade management meets the strict= BF standards. It is, in the words of some of the specialty coffee industry= folks here in the US, the =E2=80=9Cgold standard=E2=80=9D for shade. We li= ke that, obviously. Moreover, any coffee bag with the BF seal contains 100%= certified product =E2=80=94 not a requirement for some other certification= s, which allow as little as 30% to be certified and still carry a seal of s= ome kind. We feel that product purity is an important aspect of any certifi= ed coffee, especially any that claims some sort of environmental or habitat= benefit.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><= p class=3D"MsoNormal">Madeleine=E2=80=99s company (Birds and Beans) is one = the few in Canada carrying BF coffee and they do a great job of roasting so= me high-quality coffees. Kicking Horse has expressed interest in carrying s= ome BF coffee, but has not joined our program to date.=C2=A0<u></u><u></u><= /p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Fe= el free to contact me with any questions you might have. And thank you agai= n for your interest in Bird Friendly coffee.<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"M= soNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u>= </u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Robert<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNorma= l">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0<u></u><u></u></p><= p class=3D"MsoNormal">Robert Rice<br>Migratory Bird Center<br>Smithsonian C= onservation Biology Institute<br>National Zoological Park<br>MRC 5503 =C2= =A0Washington, DC =C2=A020013-7012<br><a href=3D"mailto:ricer@si.edu" targe= t=3D"_blank">ricer@si.edu</a><br><a href=3D"tel:202-633-4209" value=3D"+120= 26334209" target=3D"_blank">202-633-4209</a><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt= ;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></= span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --001a11c2e0bad18866051276b6b8--
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